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What is community transmission of COVID-19?
Community transmission is evidenced by the inability to relate confirmed cases through chains of transmission for a large number of cases, or by increasing positive tests through sentinel samples (routine systematic testing of respiratory samples from established laboratories).
What are the CDC considerations for communities of faith during the COVID-19 pandemic?
See full answer• Encourage staff and congregants to maintain good hand hygiene, washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.• Ensure you have accessible sinks and enough supplies for people to clean their hands and cover their coughs and sneezes. Supplies include soap, water, a way to dry hands (e.g., paper towels, hand dryer), tissues, hand sanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol (for those who can safely use hand sanitizer), and no-touch/foot pedal trash cans (preferably covered).• Encourage staff and congregants to cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or use the inside of their elbow. Used tissues should be thrown in the trash and hands washed.Whenever soap and water are not readily available, hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol can be used.• Consider posting signs on how to stop the spread of COVID-19 and how to promote everyday protective measures, such as washing hands, covering coughs and sneezes, and properly wearing a mask.
What does community spread mean?
Community spread means spread of an illness for which the source of infection is unknown. It’s also possible, however, that the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected.
What does local transmission mean?
Local transmission indicates locations where the source of infection is within the reporting location.
What are CDC-recommended community mitigation strategies?
Promote Behaviors that Prevent Spread.
- Educate people to stay home when sick or when they have been in close contact with someone with COVID-19.
- Teach and reinforce practicing hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette.
- Teach and reinforce the use of cloth face coverings to protect others (if appropriate)
How should you cover coughs and sneezes in faith communities during COVID-19?
Encourage staff and congregants to cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or use the inside of their elbow. Used tissues should be thrown in the trash and hands washed.
How are some ways COVID-19 spreads?
The virus is thought to spread mainly from person to person through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks.